Glen Grant 15 Year
$96.99
Well, this is a clever addition to the range, isn't it? Fifteen years old and 50%. Wow. Colour us happy. If the team at Glen Grant realizes that higher abv in whisky like this has an appeal (mostly for textural reasons), why keep the rest of the range at 43%? Apparently, there are people out there that prefer their whisky at lower strengths. We've never met one, but I guess they're out there. Does that count as cryptozoology?
Anyway, let's celebrate the good! Great distillery, good expression, nice age statement, and a robust strength that suits the profile. Well done.
50% abv
Glen Grant 12 Year
$76.99
The Glen Grant 12-Year-Old is matured in a combination of ex-Bourbon Barrels, and ex-Sherry Casks. Bottled at 43%.
Glen Grant 18 Year
$211.99
The Glen Grant 18-Year-Old is aged in (surprise!) oak casks. Given the producer tasting notes below it likely has some sherry cask influence in the mix. Bottled at 43%.
Glen Grant Exploration Series No. 1
$136.99
This limited edition Glen Grant was matured in ex-Bourbon casks before finishing in Rum Casks. 48%.
Producer Description
"The Glen Grant Exploration Series celebrates ‘The Major’s’ own journey of discovery in his worldly quest to uncover unique flavours. The inaugural limited-edition release, Exploration No.1 showcases our delicately aromatic and fruity signature character, finished in exquisite rum casks, bottled at 48% ABV and non-chill filtered. After maturation in bourbon barrels, the whisky is transferred into the finest rum casks for finishing, resulting in a tropical influence of spice, rich dark sugar and ripe banana."
SCN Glen Grant 18 Year
$219.99
This 2006 vintage Glen Grant was bottled at 57.6% and 18 years of age after finishing 4 years in a 2nd Fill #4 Char Oak Barrel.
G&M Glen Grant 1958 Mr. George Legacy 4
$12,000.00
The 4th release in the Glen Grant Mr. George Legacy Series is a 1958 vintage whisky, matured 65 years in a First Fill Sherry Butt before bottling at 56.5%.
G&M Glen Grant 1954 Mr. George Legacy 5
$14,500.00
The 5th and final release in the Mr. George Legacy Series by Gordon & MacPhail is a 1954 vintage matured for 70 years in a First Fill Sherry Puncheon before bottling at 50.5%.
Producer Description
"‘Mr George’ joined his father, John, at the family business almost a century ago and became a key advocate of single malt whisky at a time when most whisky went into blends. ‘The father of single malt’ as he’s been called, George Urquhart was a true pioneer and instrumental to the success and popularity of single malt whisky. The fifth and final edition in the Legacy – a Glen Grant from 1954 – exemplifies his philosophy and spirit.
"This fifth and final release in the ‘Mr George’ Legacy Series pays tribute to Mr George Urquhart’s unrelenting desire to create the perfect dram. Referred to by renowned whisky expert, Charlie MacLean as ‘the father of single malt’, ‘Mr George’ was fascinated by the interaction of spirit, cask and time. This exceptional single malt – limited to 130 bottles in celebration of our 130th anniversary – is a fitting tribute to a lifetime’s work which endures today at Gordon & MacPhail."
G&M Glen Grant 1957 Mr. George Legacy 2
$10,600.00
Distilled on the 10th of October, 1957, the second release in Gordon & MacPhail's Mr. George Legacy Series was bottled November 9, 2021, after 64 years in a First Fill Sherry Butt at 56.1%. Only 298 bottles have been released globally! The whisky has a 93pt score on Whiskybase and scored 92pts from Serge @WhiskyFun.
Producer Description
"Distilled on Thursday 10th October 1957 and spending its entire maturation in cask no. 3483, a first-fill Sherry butt, the second edition of the Legacy Series was bottled on Tuesday 9th November 2021 at a cask strength of 56.1% ABV."
About the Mr. George Legacy Range
"Honouring Mr George Urquhart, a member of the second generation of the company’s owning family and the man who helped bring single malt whisky to the world, the Gordon & MacPhail Mr George Legacy 1957 from Glen Grant Distillery is the second expression to be released as part of the whisky creator’s annual Legacy series. It was laid down 64 years ago while ‘Mr George’, as he was known to those who knew him best, was at the helm of the business. Only 298 bottles of this single cask whisky are available, highlighting the scarcity of this rarely seen vintage from Speyside’s Glen Grant Distillery."
G&M CC Glen Grant 1998
$399.99
A curiously naked Glen Grant for G&M, this 1998 vintage was matured 26 years in a Refill American Oak Hogshead before bottling at 49.9%.